Bay Area housing crisis hits home for San Jose councilman ( click on photo to watch the video ) By Azenith Smith, KTVU Posted Apr 29 2019 10:40PM PDT Video Posted Apr 29 2019 10:36PM PDT Updated Apr 29 2019 10:44PM PDT SAN JOSE, Calif. (KTVU) - A member of the San Jose City Council said he too is feeling the pinch of the Bay Area’s housing crisis. Raul Peralez was recently forced to move from his San Jose home. Peralez said finding a new home he could afford in downtown proved to be...

Carlos Davidson, March 17, 2019 Pacifica City Council Election Dominated by Huge Out-of-Town Real Estate Spending Out-of-town real estate industry sources made huge financial contributions to the 2018 Pacifica City Council race. According to public records, altogether the out-of-town real estate industry spent $115,000 on the council race, including $56,000 on an unprecedented smear campaign against council member John Keener. In addition, the industry spent $20,00 to elect Sue...

3-1-1: A CITY SERVICES REVOLUTION Government should be accessible and accountable to its citizens, right? You won’t find many who will argue with that sentiment. How to deliver on the ideal is another question altogether, one that municipalities have not always navigated well. But over the past couple of decades, a growing number of cities have been changing their approach, casting themselves as service providers and taking advantage of new technologies to offer increasingly innovative and...